Isaiah 54:10

The first semester of my sophomore year has begun and along with that comes the craziness of getting settled into my new apartment, finding my way to my new classes, and buying ridiculously expensive textbooks. On the bright side though, the first Cru of the semester was on Tuesday and almost 400 people were there, Praise Jesus! It was a wonderful night filled with joyful reunions, lots of hugs, and many smiles. Alan (our director) talked about how our relationship with God is like the feast in Matthew 22:1-14 and Luke 14:15-24. It was the perfect intro into a new semester and a truly wonderful message. However, I am not gonna really get into that in this post, maybe another one.

Every morning for my quiet time, I read Jesus Calling and write down the verses that come with is as a way for me to better remember them. I have been worrying all summer that I wouldn’t be able to keep it up once I got back to school, but I soon realized that this is no longer a habit but something that I desire to do. The other morning, I woke up late and only had time to quickly read over the message. That whole day all I wanted was to see what the verses were and look them up. That best part of this realization for me? It is an answered prayer that I have been praying since the beginning of summer project in June. God is constantly amazing me and I am loving the fact that I can never learn everything there is to know about god, so my desire to know Him better is always being fulfilled.

The verse that has really stuck with me this week is Isaiah 54:10

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

I have got a crazy semester ahead of me and just thinking about it stresses me out. I have been trying to give all this worry up to God, but until I read this verse, I was having trouble letting it go. God’s unfailing love for me will not be shaken and what hits me hardest is that God’s covenant of peace will never be removed. God’s peace is over me and will never be removed, so why I am stressing? My favorite part of this verse is the end where it says the Lord has compassion on me. The Lord, who is mighty and powerful has compassion on YOU. How incredible is that to think about? The God of the universe has compassion on you and everything going on in your life. It makes me feel incredibly loved and serves as a wonderful reminder when I am feeling stressed or had a bad day.

Well that is my two cents for the day. I hope you have a wonderful end to your week and an even better weekend!

God Bless!